The anger over what is being dubbed “Donationgate” is directed mainly at Keir Starmer’s Downing Street team. Labour insiders shake their heads and ask how No10 allowed this to happen. And why did they respond so sluggishly when the stories started emerging? Their gripes are valid: there is a lack of political nous at the heart of Downing Street.

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner arrive at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. The Prime Minister welcomed attendees to 'the biggest conference' and said that the coming days would lay out Labour's plan for change.